Edge Computing and
Storage Systems Introduction

The
emerging concept edge computing and storage system, allows data produced by IoT
devices to be stored and processed close to where it is created, such as base
station, instead of sending it to the clouds. Edge computing and storage systems
are promised to replace traditional cloud, especially for the IoT devices with
poor-connectivity and the applications featured by latency sensitivity and high-resilience. Typical examples
of edge computing and storage systems across many industries, including healthcare,
telecommunications, manufacturing, and transportation systems.

The
features of IoT devices and applications on the edge pose new challenges for
data processing and storage systems in multiple aspects, such as the ability to
process variant data streams in real time, the ability to recover from constant
power failure, the ability to ensure reliability of data processing, the
ability to guarantee sustainability, scalability, and etc. These challenges
require innovative designs of edge computing and storage systems. The purpose
of this special session is to provide a forum for practitioners and researchers
from diverse backgrounds to present and discuss their state-of-the-art ideas,
research achievements, implementation experiences in edge computing and storage
systems.